Environment Supported
- Support C# and VB.NET
- Applied on .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5 Client Profile, 4.0, 4.0 Client Profile and 4.5
- Support WPF Applications
- Support 32-bit and 64-bit OS
- Support PDF Version 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7
- PDF API reference in HTML
- Totally independent without needing any third party library
Conversion
- Convert Webpage HTML, HTML ASPX to PDF
- Convert Image(Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp, Tiff, Gif, EMF, Ico) to PDF
- Convert Text to PDF
- Convert XPS to PDF
- Convert PDF to XPS
- Convert PDF to Image
- Convert PDF to Word
Security
- Encrypt PDF(Owner Passwords and User Passwords)
- Decrypt PDF
- Create PDF Digital Signature
- Modify PDF Passwords(Owner Passwords and User Passwords)
Text
- Draw Text
- Set Text Format(font, size, color, layout, rotate, transform, alignment, transparency)
- Read/Extract Text(Whole Page, Certain Page, Particular Pages)
Fonts
- 14 Core Fonts
- Type 1 Fonts
- Type 3 Fonts
- True Type Fonts
- CJK Fonts
- Unicode Support(Part)
Images
- Draw Image
- Draw Special Shapes(lines, Rectangles, Circles, Arcs, Ellipses, Five-Pointed Star)
- Read/Extract Images(Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp, Tiff, Gif, EMF, Ico)
Attachments
- Add Attachments
- Add Attachments with Attachments Annotations
- Remove Attachments
- Read/Extract Attachments
- Read/Extract Attachments with Attachments Annotations
- Get Attachments Properties
Tables
- Simple Table
- Image Table
- Nested Table
- Export Database Table and Pictures to PDF
- Set Table Layout
Bookmarks
- Add Bookmarks
- Add Child Bookmarks
- Get Bookmarks
- Get Child Bookmarks
- Clear Bookmarks
- Modify Bookmarks
- Modify Child Bookmarks
List
- Simple List
- Ordered List
- Multiple levels List
Header and Footer
- Add Text in Header
- Add Text in Footer
- Add Image in Header
- Add Image in Footer
Watermark
- Add Text Watermark
- Add Image Watermark
- Modify Text Watermark
- Modify Image Watermark
Links and Actions
- Add Hyperlinks(Plain Link and Anchor Link)
- Work with Action
- Work with Javascript Action
- Work with Action Chain
- Work with Action Annotation
FormField
- Add Fields(Text Box, Check Box, List box, Combo Box, Button, Radio Button)
- Remove Fields
- Edit Fields
- Fill Fields
Pages
- Add PDF Pages
- Add Empty Page in PDF
- Delete PDF Pages
- Read/Extract PDF Pages
- Set Page Number
- Get Page Count
- Paginate Pages
- Set Page Transition
- Set Page Label
- Set Page Orientation
- Set Page Transparency
- Set Page Overlay
- Create PDF Booklet
- Draw PDF Barcode
Document
- Set PDF Properties
- Set PDF View Preference
- Set PDF Template
- Merge PDF Files
- Split PDF File(by one page and any range of pages)
Feature Details
| Feature | Support | Feature | Support | |
| Drawing Text | Standards | |||
| Text Formatting | √ | PDF/ A-1b Compliance | √ | |
| Multilingual Support | √ | PDF/x1a: 2001 Compliance | √ | |
| Text Extraction (Only for .NET) | √ | Fonts | ||
| Graphics | Standard Fonts | √ | ||
| Pen and Brush | √ | CJK Fonts | √ | |
| Layers (Only for .NET) | ** | True Type Fonts | √ | |
| Transparent Graphics | √ | Unicode True Type | √ | |
| Color Spaces | ** | Images | ||
| Image Extraction | √ | Scalar Images | √ | |
| Transform | √ | Mask | √ | |
| Bar code (Only for .NET) | √ | Vector Images | √ | |
| Document Operations | Watermarks | √ | ||
| Merge Documents | √ | Data Management | ||
| Split Document (Only for .NET) | √ | ADO.Net Tables Support(Only for .NET) | √ | |
| Overlay Documents | √ | Rich Table Styles | √ | |
| Import and Stamp | √ | Table Features(Only for .NET) | √ | |
| Booklet | √ | Page Operations | ||
| Document Settings | Headers and Footers | √ | ||
| Custom Metadata | √ | Page Label | √ | |
| Document Properties | √ | Automatic Fields | √ | |
| Page Orientation | √ | Interactive Elements | ||
| Page Sizes | √ | Annotation | ** | |
| Viewer Preferences | √ | Action | √ | |
| Forms | JavaScript | √ | ||
| Create Form | √ | Attachment | √ | |
| Form Filling | ** | Bookmark | √ | |
| Form Export | ** | Security(Only for .NET) | ||
| Conversion(Only for .NET) | Digital Signature | √ | ||
| HTML to PDF | √ | Encryption | √ | |
| Doc To PDF (Spire.Doc required) | √ | Decryption | √ |
** Partial supported
Note: Transparent Graphics is Partial Supported for Silverlight